The Black Madonna
Questioning the basis of what you are and who you are, is a vast amount of what Lessing theme is all about. The narrator states "There are some countries in which the arts, let alone art, cannot be said to flourish. Why this should be so, it is hard to say, although of course we all have our theories about it"(Lessing11). When reading Lessing's The Black Madonna themes of racism and ignorance are repeatedly presented. The thought of how one ethnic group has rendered themselves as superiors to another is a recurring theme. All forms of racism and ignorance are nothing but forms of madness. Melvin Maddocks simply states "Lessing is prepared
(Sale239) Miss Lessing, in short, appears to be a versatile and talented writer. James Gindin agrees, Too often Miss. Her politics are one sided, her characters are limited in conception, and her world resolves in a simple pattern. There is a wide range of the opinions that concern Lessing's writing. (London Times Literary Supplement701). Doris Lessing is often thought of as ponderous, clumsy, a thinker rather than a novelist: which is all nonsense. to assume - as other have before her - that in a world gone mad, those the world calls mad may be only sane ones. while the strict allegiance to time and place can limit the range of perception about human beings. With the knowledge of humanities shortcomings in this area Lessing should have made her writing more easily comprehendible, it is unnecessarily difficult to read. Lessing sees, understands, identifies and expounds on these particular shortcomings of humanity and incorporates them into her writing.
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